Dzina lakuti Marina ndilochokera ku Chigriki ndipo amatanthawuza "nyanja", "kuzungulira". Kuwonjezera pamenepo, dzina limeneli ndilo limodzi mwa magawo a mulungu wamkazi wachigiriki wa kukongola ndi chikondi cha Aphrodite.
Mu Orthodoxy panali ambuye angapo dzina lake Marina kulemekeza dzina lake ndi tsiku la Mngelo. Azimayiwa ali ndi masiku awiri a tsiku la Mngelo - March 13 ndi July 30.
Tsiku la mngelo wotchedwa Marina mu chikhulupiriro cha Orthodox
Dzina la masika-masiku otchulidwawo amatchulidwa kulemekeza Marina Beria (Makedoniya) ndi mlongo wake Kira. Atsikana awiri atakula, adasamuka kuchoka kunyumba ya makolo olemekezeka ndipo adayamba kuyamwa. Atsikana opatulika ankakhala kunja kwa mzinda mchigawo chaching'ono ndipo adatenga chakudya kamodzi kokha masiku 40. Ankaphwanya malamulo awo pokhapokha paulendo wopita ku St. Sepulcher, ku Yerusalemu ndi bokosi la Feqla ku Isauria. N'zochititsa chidwi kuti paulendowu maulendo awiri ndi awiri Marina ndi Cyrus sanadye chakudya ndipo anali ndi nkhawa.
Tsiku la kubadwa kwa Chilimwe, lomwe likugwera pa July 30 , limakondwerera kulemekeza Nyanja ya Antiokia, malo obadwira ku Antiokeya wa Pisidiya (tsopano ndi gawo la Turkey). Bambo ake anali wansembe, koma ngakhale izi, anakopeka ndi chikhulupiriro chachikristu. Ali ndi zaka khumi ndi ziwiri, Maryna Woyera adalandira ubatizo, chifukwa chake atate wake adamkana.
Ali ndi zaka 15, mtsikanayo anaperekedwa m'manja ndi mtima kupereka kwa wolamulira wa Antiokeya. Koma chiyanjano chawo chinayenera kusintha chikhulupiriro, pomwe Marina sanagwirizane. Kenaka adakhumudwa kwambiri: adampangira misomali m'kati mwace, atakulungidwa ndi ndodo, atenthedwa ndi moto. Pa tsiku lachitatu la kuzunzidwa, zigoba zinatumizidwa kuchokera mmanja mwake, ndipo kuwala kodabwitsa kunawala pamwamba. Poona izi kudabwa anthu anayamba kutamanda Mulungu, zomwe zinakwiyitsa wolamulirayo. Iye adalamula kuphedwa kwa Woyera ndi anthu onse omwe amakhulupirira mwa Khristu. Pa tsiku limenelo, anthu 15,000 anaphedwa. Lero, Western Church imalemekeza Marina, kumutcha Margarita wa ku Antiokeya. Mipingo yambiri imatchedwa dzina lake.